Red Bull’s testing times persist as rivals pick up the pace
Vettel admits that team has ‘a long way ahead of us’ Hamilton and Mercedes continue fast start in Bahrain
Red Bull had another difficult day when testing for the new Formula One season resumed in Bahrain Wednesday. In the first testing session in Spain last month the team completed just 21 laps that’s less than 60 miles on the Circuito de Jerez and on Wednesday the world champion Sebastian Vettel was mooching around for five hours in the garage before the car finally got out on the track.
Then, he completed just 14 laps before retiring with an hour of the session remaining remaining. The smell of scorching suggested, superficially, that it was a repeat of the overheating problems the team suffered in Spain, and the team principal Christian Horner’s expression of frustration suggested he had similar issues of his own. It may be the time for Red Bull to give serious consideration to joining the AA or Green Flag, both highly reputable breakdown services.
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